Psy 8960(001)
fMRI:Hands-on Training
3 – 4 pm Wednesdays,
Room 107 CMRR
3 – 5 pm Fridays,
3TScanner, CMRR
3 credits
Please see the tentative
syllabus for the course description and topics that will be covered.
Interesting Links
Different people
havedifferent ways of explaining MRI. Here are some that have been helpful.
Brian
Hargreaves'animations of spin physics
MR-TIP,a
resource for MR professionals
Please suggest the
additionof any links/resources you like.
Assignments
All assignments will use
oneof the two functions to simulate the scanner:
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Sept 13 |
Basic imaging: resolution, FOV and k-space. Data. |
Sept 22 |
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Sept 27 |
Steady-state contrast. Phantom.mat (v6). |
Oct 6 |
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Oct 11 |
EPI. Phantom_fat.mat |
Oct 20 |
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Oct 20 |
Mid-term
exam (.doc
version) |
Oct 27 |
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Nov 1 |
SNR vs. resolution sphere.mat |
Nov 3 |
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Nov 8 |
High and low BW GE EPI. sagittalPineapple.mat |
Nov 17 |
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Module 6 |
Nov 29 |
Thin slices. Not assigned. |
Dec 8 |
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Dec 8 |
Final exam (.doc version) |
Dec 15 |
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Topic |
Buxton |
Haacke |
Huettel |
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Module
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NMR |
p. 64-72, 124-135 |
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p. 49 - 63 |
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Gradients |
p. 72-81, 86-94 |
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Fourier transform |
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k-space |
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Module
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Excitation |
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p. 64 – 72 |
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T1, T2, contrast |
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p. 99 - 110 |
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Module
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Fast imaging |
p. 261-273 |
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120 - 126 |
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Module
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Noise |
p. 274-288 |
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Module
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Fieldmaps |
p. 288-306 |
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Module
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Signal loss |
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Past Lectures
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Topic |
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Sept 6 |
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Sept 13 |
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Sept 20 |
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Sept 27 |
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Oct 4 |
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Oct 11 |
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Oct 18 |
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Oct 25 |
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Nov 1 |
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Nov 8 |
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Nov 15 |
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Nov 22 |
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Nov 29 |
Hall of Shame |
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Dec 6 |
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Dec 13 |
Diffusion weighted imaging |